Sunday, April 27, 2008

I might have gotten a little carried away with tulips. In my own defense there are a lot of them around right now. And it is a relief to work on a plant texture that doesn't take 8 to 10 hours to complete.

I have more tulip pics - but maybe I'll work on something else for awhile. :)

Saturday, April 26, 2008

I'm ready to buy my island - but using the old store I don't know how long it will take to get delivery. So I'm still working on textures.

To give myself a break from plants I've been gathering the textures I want for the "bones" of the island. I knew what I wanted for the roof of the few buildings I'll have and had prepared myself for a lot of frustration in creating seamless textures.

I found some instructions and walked through them a few times, mentally preparing myself before opening my photo editor. And lo and behold I found a button - just one button is needed to create a seamless texture.

So once again I feel stupid - but this time I look like I know what I'm doing. :)

I use Corel's product and I guess I'd better explore those drop down menu's and see what else is in there.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

I'm not the music expert that some of my compatriots are. And I don't spend as much time as I'd like listening to live music on SL. But if it's at all possible - I'll go hear Forsythe Whitfield. You should too.

"We had hoped to launch the new Land Store today but unfortunately we’re not finished polishing and testing and hitting it with hammers just yet; we want it to be as bug free as possible before going live. So no new Land Store today I’m afraid. I can’t offer a final date for launch, but hopefully it’s not much more than a couple of weeks away. "

Monday, April 14, 2008

I do ponder some of the deeper questions - but it's often after reading other blog entries trying to convince me of great metaphysical truths. Usually I'm too busy to ponder much of anything.

Having said that - one theme that runs through a lot of the deep philosophical musings is the difference between SL and real life. A sidebar in these soliloquies is often - Why do people replicate rl in SL? Why does so much in SL have to look like rl?

Just a few random thoughts of my own:

SL and real life are a lot alike. The content of both is created by the users (it's just that in real life Mother Nature seems to be one of the biggest users). We (I'm restricting this to the great giant collective computer using portion of the world - not the starving ignored millions who don't have that option - and that's a whole other topic ) have created a world in real life to suit ourselves - so we must like a lot of it. We build what we like in SL. (The only excuse for malls in SL that I can come up with.) The fact is that there are people who push the proverbial envelope and create new and extra-ordinary things in SL. We have them in real life too - they're the artists/inventors/authors/musicians/etc. SL gives them a new canvas and we get the benefits.

SL gives me the tools to at least attempt to create what I can dream. I don't care how much talent you could give me in real life - it wouldn't help me be able to do that. One thing I like about SL is that it's a level playing field - we all have access to the same tools. What differentiates us is our dreams and our willingness to learn those tools so we can make the effort to create them.

I'd like to think that someday I'll have a scathingly brilliant idea which will advance the metaverse in some amazing way. In the meantime I'll plod along learning to build by gardening - cause I enjoy it.

I was going to add a snarky line at the end - but I won't. I will suggest that those who can't understand why the whole world (either of them) doesn't think like they do..... really need to get a grip.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Once again definitive proof that I'm really boring. I used the Dazzle tool to see my avatar's score and I rate a whopping 249. If I put on the two navajo bead bracelets I like - I soar all the way to 322. I'll stop worrying about stripping to ease lag when I go to Paisley's show. :)

Saturday, April 5, 2008

With SL down (I'm picturing all the techies sweating bullets at Linden Labs) - I've been forced to buckle down and work on textures. I'm making progress! In addition to spring bulbs, some new trees and shrubs - I've finally managed to start on the herb garden.

I won't wait much longer to buy the island. It's killing me not to have a build to putter in.

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I'm a resident of Second Life and I created this blog originally as a way to record my learning and development inworld. These days I post a lot of travelogues sprinkled with the occasional vent or off topic musings. Mostly I'm about community and builds and art and the wonder that is this virtual world.